Target (protein/gene name):
PROTEIN NAME: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase
GENE NAME: AFUA_7G02180

NCBI Gene # or RefSeq#:
499141912
499141913

Protein ID (NP or XP #) or Wolbachia#:
4BMA.10.2210

Organism (including strain):
Aspergillus fumigatus

Etiologic Risk Group (see link below):
Risk group 2
Background/Disease Information (sort of like the Intro to your Mini Research Write up):


Link to TDR Targets page (if present):
Not present for the organism Aspergillus fumigatus


Link to Gene Database page (NCBI, EuPath databases -e.g. TryTryp, PlasmoDB, etc - or PATRIC, etc.)
Essentiality of this protein:
Complex of proteins?:
Druggable Target (list number or cite evidence from a paper/database showing druggable in another organism):

*EC#:
Link to BRENDA EC# page:
-- Show screenshot of BRENDA enzyme mechanism schematic
Enzyme Assay information (spectrophotometric, coupled assay ?, reagents):
-- link to Sigma (or other company) page for assay (see Sigma links below)
-- -or link (or citation) to paper that contains assay information
-- links to assay reagents (substrates) pages.
--- List cost and quantity of substrate reagents, supplier, and catalog #

Structure Available (PDB or Homology model)
-- PDB # or closest PDB entry if using homology model:
-- For Homology Model option:
---- Show pairwise alignment of your BLASTP search in NCBI against the PDB
---- Query Coverage:
---- Max % Identities:
---- % Positives
---- Chain used for homology:

Current Inhibitors:
Expression Information (has it been expressed in bacterial cells):
Purification Method:
Image of protein (PyMol with features delineated and shown separately):
*Amino Acid Sequence (paste as text only - not as screenshot or as 'code'):
*length of your protein in Amino Acids
Molecular Weight of your protein in kiloDaltons using the Expasy ProtParam website
Molar Extinction coefficient of your protein at 280 nm wavelength:
TMpred graph Image (http://www.ch.embnet.org/software/TMPRED_form.html). Input your amino acid sequence to it.
*CDS Gene Sequence (paste as text only):
*GC% Content for gene:
*CDS Gene Sequence (codon optimized) - copy from output of Primer Design Protocol (paste as text only):
*GC% Content for gene (codon optimized):


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Resources:

See ProtocolTargetDiscoveryVDS.docx for more
Etiologic Risk Group Categories (for pathogens): http://www.utexas.edu/research/rsc/ibc/agent_class.html#_Toc7238334

SIGMA-ALDRICH RESOURCES
Enzyme Explorer
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/metabolomics/enzyme-explorer.html

Enzyme Classification Index (EC number)
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/biochemicals/biochemical-products.html?TablePage=14573088

WolframAlpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/
DrugBank http://www.drugbank.ca/

Databases of genes/organisms:
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx
http://eupathdb.org/eupathdb/
https://patricbrc.vbi.vt.edu/portal/portal/patric/Home
http://www.nmpdr.org/FIG/wiki/view.cgi/Main/EssentialGenes
http://tubic.tju.edu.cn/deg/
http://csgid.org/csgid/cake/pages/community_request_gateway
http://tdrtargets.org/
http://gsc.jcvi.org/status.shtml

Scientific Nomenclature page from Center for Disease Control (gene, protein names and abbreviations)
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/pages/scientific-nomenclature.htm

Gene Information:
NCBI GENE Page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene
BLAST Page: http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Protein Information:
NCBI Protein Page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein
Protein Expression Website
Protein Expression Paper: SGC_ProteinProductionPurificationNatMethods2008.pdf

Primer Overlap PCR Articles
HooverLubkowski_PCRoverlapcloninggnf042.pdf
StemmerPCRoverlapGene1995.pdf

Is my target good for Virtual Screening programs?
Reynolds_THermodynamicsLigandBinding_MedChemLett2011.pdf